Skill Decay Mod
This mod makes Played Sims' skills gradually decay in certain skill levels, giving Sims a purpose to work on their skills when they have attained a high level or even maximized a skill.
This won't affect Unplayed households and NPC Sims so your townies can keep their skills. I also disallow Servo from skill decay.
You need to have an XML injector for this mod to work!
EA's game skills are divided into HighLevel_Adult/LowLevel_Adult/Child/Toddler skills. You CAN choose to install what serves your gameplay style.
With !chingyu_addon_SkillGivesReward + addon_SkillDecayDelay, it also adds an extra feature of giving your Sim satisfaction points x50 and Influence Points x5 (if Eco Lifestyle is installed) when they gain a skill level.
Mechanism of Skill Decay
The way I do this mod is to inject hidden buffs to all Played Sims that slowly reduce each skill statistic regarding different skills' skill levels with the XML injector.
Your Sims would start skill decay for a certain skill after they gain a certain skill minimum level listed above after a short while or decay immediately after a household/game reload. If your Sims are started with the skill levels in the range, they are automatically influenced by skill decay.
Also, when your Sims no longer are in the skill decay range, the actual skill decay effect will go away when you reload the household/game.
Mod Details
SkillDecay_HighLevel includes ALL not-kid-specific game skills from ALL packs.
The mod will check which skills your Sims have and exclude those they don't have.
For a regular ten-level skill, Sims will have skill decay during levels 8 to 10. It will slowly drop to nearly full of level 7 if they don't pay hard work to exercise the skills.
For a minor skill of five levels, Sims will have decay during levels 4 to 5. It will slowly drop to nearly full of level 3 if they don't pay hard work to exercise the skills.
For an uncommon skill with levels of 15 (Vampire Lore), the skill slowly decays during levels 10 to 15.
SkillDecay_LowLevel includes ALL not-kid-specific game skills from ALL packs.
The mod will check which skills your Sims have and exclude those they don't have.
For a regular ten-level skill, Sims will have skill decay during levels 5 to 7. It will slowly drop to nearly full of level 4 if they don't pay hard work to exercise the skills.
For a minor skill of five levels, Sims will have decay during level 3. It will slowly drop to nearly full of level 2 if they don't pay hard work to exercise the skills.
For an uncommon skill with levels of 15 (Vampire Lore), the skill slowly decays during levels 6 to 9.
SkillDecay_Child includes the four child skills
The mod will check which skills your Sims have and exclude those they don't have.
Child Specific Skills, which are Creativity, Mental, Motor, and Social, won't decay when maximized but decay during levels 6 to 8, so children won't lose the accessibility to learn the main skills like Charisma and Piano when they maximize the child skills.
SkillDecay_Toddler includes all toddler skills except for Potty Skill
The mod will check which skills your Sims have and exclude those they don't have.
Toddler Specific Skills, including Communication, Imagination, Movement, and Thinking, decays during levels 2 to 3, so Sim Parents better help their Toddler to retain their Happy Toddler reward traits when aging up.
Addons to Delay/Stop/Resume Skills Decay
chingyu_addon_LockSkillDecayCheat
Action ---> Stop/Resume Skill Decay
!chingyu_addon_NoDecayWhenMaxSkills
This stops a skill decay when it hits the maximum level.
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay
This gives a delay of one Sim day before skill decay and after hitting the next level of skills.
It also adds an extra feature of giving your Sim satisfaction points x50 and Influence Points x5 (if Eco Lifestyle is installed) when they gain a skill level.
Remove any addon_SkillDecayDelay tagged with a pack you don't own!!! Otherwise, you will get UILE and a blank page on the skills panel!!!
chingyu_addon_SkillGivesReward
With !chingyu_addon_SkillGivesReward + addon_SkillDecayDelay, it also adds an extra feature of giving your Sim satisfaction points x50 and Influence Points x5 (if Eco Lifestyle is installed) when they gain a skill level. (only rewarded one time for the same skill every two sim days).
Edited Game Resources for References
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay edits all visible skill statistic game tunings:
- 339BC5BD!00000000!00000000000213CC.statistic_Skill_Toddler_Movement.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!00000000000224D8.statistic_Skill_Toddler_Thinking.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!00000000000225A2.statistic_Skill_Toddler_Imagination.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000413A.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Comedy.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000413B.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Charisma.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000413C.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Gardening.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000413D.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_GourmetCooking.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000413E.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Guitar.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000413F.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Programming.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000414A.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Writing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000414E.statistic_Skill_Child_Creativity.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000000414F.statistic_Skill_Child_Mental.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!000000000002238A.statistic_Skill_Toddler_Communication.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004113.skill_Fitness.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004137.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Bartending.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004140.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Handiness.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004141.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_HomestyleCooking.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004142.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Logic.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004143.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Mischief.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004144.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Painting.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004145.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Piano.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004146.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_RocketScience.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004148.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_VideoGaming.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004149.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Violin.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004150.statistic_Skill_Child_Motor.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000000!0000000000004151.statistic_Skill_Child_Social.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001B!000000000002F08F.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_MediaProduction.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001B!000000000002F8A7.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Acting.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001D!0000000000035F56.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_ResearchDebate.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001D!0000000000035145.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Robotics.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001E!00000000000389E4.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Fabrication.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001E!0000000000039536.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_JuiceFizzing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001F!000000000003BF6D.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Skiing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001F!000000000003BF87.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_RockClimbing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!0000001F!000000000003C126.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Snowboarding.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000002!0000000000018E20.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Herbalism.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000003!0000000000019706.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Baking.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000006!000000000001CC62.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Wellness.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000009!000000000001DB0C.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_DJMixing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000009!000000000001F491.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_Dancing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000010!0000000000026BC3.statistic_Skill_Bowling.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000011!00000000000248A1.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_PipeOrgan.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000011!0000000000024834.statistic_Skill_Hidden_VampireLore.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000012!00000000000272F8.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Parenting.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000013!000000000002A89D.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Archaeology.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000013!000000000002AA5F.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_LocalCulture.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000018!0000000000021A53.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Singing.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000019!00000000000275A6.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_Veterinarian.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000019!00000000000275C4.statistic_Skill_DogTraining.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000027!000000000003E511.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_Medium.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000034!000000000003F6AE.statistic_Skill_CrossStitch.StatisticTuning
- 339BC5BD!00000035!0000000000042F15.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_Entrepreneur.StatisticTuning
- 339bc5bd!00000037!000000000004d171.statistic_Skill_AdultMinor_RanchNectar.statistic
- 339bc5bd!00000037!000000000004ec94.statistic_Skill_AdultMajor_EquestrianSkill.statistic
Changelogs
May 31, 2024:
V6:
Update of chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay for patch 1.107. Remember to remove any packages tagged with a pack you don't own in the Addon folder!
No update is required for the main modules.
July 28, 2023:
V5:
Updated to include Horse Riding and Nectar Making skills from Horse Ranch Pack EP14
Re-updated addon_SkillGivesReward to disable giving rewards to NPCs. This should be fixing the root cause of Apply Satisfaction Points Delta LE
Remember to remove any packages tagged with a pack you don't own in the addon folder!
July 18, 2023:
V4:
Updated packages of chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay for patch 1.99
I rewrote giving the reward points in another way to fix LE for some players. You may remove the addon if you don't need it.
Apr 14, 2023:
V3:
Updated packages of chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay for patch 1.96
With this addon, gaining a skill level will now also reward your Sim with extra satisfaction points x50 and Influence Points x5 (if Eco Lifestyle is installed).
Oct 31, 2022:
V2:
Now provides High Level and Low Level for Adult Skills (can be used together)
Skill decay DELAYS for one full sim day when achieved a next skill level
Tuned down skill decay speed
Cheat to manually stop and resume all skill decay on one Sim
Included skills added in newer packs
March 14, 2022:
Mod Released
Package and Script Name Tracking
Choose any Main Packages:
chingyu_SkillDecay_Child.package
chingyu_SkillDecay_HighLevel.package
chingyu_SkillDecay_LowLevel.package
chingyu_SkillDecay_Toddler.package
Addons:
!chingyu_addon_SkillGivesReward.package
!chingyu_addon_NoDecayWhenMaxSkills.package
chingyu_addon_LockSkillDecayCheat.package
chingyu_addon_LockSkillDecayCheat.ts4script
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_BG_Adult.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_BG_Child.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_BG_Toddler.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP01.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP02.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP03.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP04.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP06.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP08.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP09.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP10.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP11.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP12.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_EP14.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_GP01.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_GP02.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_GP04.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_GP05.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_GP06.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_SP10.package
chingyu_addon_SkillDecayDelay_SP18.package
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You CAN pick and mix and match what serves your gameplay style.
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